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Channel 31 (31 арна, 31 Arna) is a privately owned entertainment and information television channel of Kazakhstan, broadcasting in Kazakh and Russian from Almaty. One of the country's oldest commercial broadcasters, it pairs its own news service with entertainment shows, sitcoms, cartoons, films and series for a family audience.

From Almaty's 31st Frequency

The company was founded on 24 October 1992 by Armanzhan Baitasov together with fellow businessmen, and the channel went on air on 12 April 1993 in Almaty on the 31st television frequency. Its earliest output consisted of the listings program Telehyd, the business-news bulletin Biznes-Bloknot and a classified-ads show called Supermarket, screened between films. In 1995 the business bulletin was rebuilt as a full News Service, and in 1997 the news brand Informburo, today the channel's flagship news operation, moved to Channel 31.

New Owners and National Expansion

At the end of 2000 Baitasov sold his controlling stake to businessman Bulat Utemuratov, and on 1 February 2001 the channel expanded to fourteen cities of Kazakhstan. Satellite distribution on Intelsat 904 followed in July 2003, and a new studio complex opened in April 2004. In February 2008 Russia's CTC Media bought 20 percent of the broadcaster for 65 million dollars, bringing popular CTS series and programs into the schedule alongside Turkish dramas later acquired in 2009 and film rights signed with Paramount, Warner Bros. and Disney's CIS distributor in 2011-2012. The channel took its current bright-orange identity in a March 2020 rebranding.

Programming

Channel 31's grid combines local and acquired content: entertainment shows, sitcoms and serialized drama, animation for children, premiere films and the daily Informburo news bulletins covering events in Kazakhstan and the world. The channel also has a place in local television history as producer of Detki (2000-2002), the first student soap opera of the post-Soviet region and Kazakhstan's second television series overall.

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